Space where you can sit and reflect, away from the noise and commotion of the City can be hard to find. One such little oasis is Cleary Gardens, nestling between the busy Queen Victoria Street an Upper Thames Street. The development of the garden into what we see today dates from the 1980’s when it… Continue reading Cleary Gardens
Author: endean0
Hi, I'm Steve, a London tour guide and owner of A London Miscellany Tours, a guided walking tour company who specialise in small number tours of the greatest city in the world!
Petunias and porticos in Temple Avenue
Six Word Saturday
The Bridge of Sighs
So, you have the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, then there’s the one in Oxford and another in Cambridge. I counted another twelve in Europe and North America. The one I want to write about today no longer exists, or rather it has been replaced by a newer bridge, and that is Waterloo Bridge which… Continue reading The Bridge of Sighs
Patrick Hamilton
If I’m being honest, I’d never heard of Fitzrovia until about twenty five years ago. Then one afternoon, I caught the back end of a play on Radio 4 called Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky. Not a lot on the Dial-Up Internet back then, only the authors’ name, Patrick Hamilton. I called in at… Continue reading Patrick Hamilton
Steps
One Word Sunday
Sun and arch in total alignment
Six Word Saturday
The Sign Of The Two Headed Swan
I was prompted to take this uninspiring photograph after coming across an old image of the same location. The first picture is Gresham Street in 2020 and the second image is the same street a hundred years earlier in 1920. The most prominent building in the second image is Pickfords the removal company and I… Continue reading The Sign Of The Two Headed Swan
I fought the Law (and the Law won)
Ask anyone who has ever walked through the legal areas of London, be it Inner or Middle Temple, Lincoln’s or Gray’s Inn what’s most striking about them and generally the answer will be the quietude. Given that they all sit next to major roads the atmosphere is one of calmness. I can remember the first… Continue reading I fought the Law (and the Law won)
Concrete
One Word Sunday
Wrapped up just like a parcel
Six Word Saturday The Hoop and Grapes was built in 1721 on part of the historic burial grounds of St Bride’s Church. As an inn, it gained notoriety as a location for illegitimate Fleet weddings. In the 1990s, it underwent several changes and was eventually closed down and scheduled for demolition. However, as the last… Continue reading Wrapped up just like a parcel
A LONDON MISCELLANY 